Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] sched: Replace rq::wake_list

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Tue Jun 09 2020 - 18:06:18 EST


On Tue, Jun 09, 2020 at 02:38:29PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> Does the struct actually have to be named? How about:
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
> index c5d96e3e7fff42..14ca25cda19150 100644
> --- a/include/linux/sched.h
> +++ b/include/linux/sched.h
> @@ -653,8 +653,14 @@ struct task_struct {
> unsigned int ptrace;
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
> - struct llist_node wake_entry;
> - unsigned int wake_entry_type;
> + /*
> + * wake_entry_type must follow wake_entry, even when
> + * CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_RANDSTRUCT=y.
> + */
> + struct {
> + struct llist_node wake_entry;
> + unsigned int wake_entry_type;
> + };
> int on_cpu;
> #ifdef CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK
> /* Current CPU: */
>
>
> However, it would be preferable to not rely on different structs sharing the
> same field order, but rather write proper C code that uses the same struct
> everywhere to encapsulate these 2 fields...

https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200605093704.GB2948@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

And I have more patches on top to clean up some of the anonymous union
stuff, that that's quite a lot of frobbing.